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Newspaper
Shafter Press
Location
Shafter, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1939
Page
2
A Thursday publication appears to run from 169 Central Avenue in Shafter Kern County California indicating a local public notice schedule.
Marvin Jones, chair of the House agricultural committee, backs a government private industry partnership to cut cotton product prices to boost usage. The plan suggests diverting a portion of farm bill and work relief funds to create denims sheets slacks and shirts for broader consumer access, reducing surplus without destroying it.
Babson says only a return to honesty, industry, courage, thrift and initiative can solve America’s problems. He warns that rising national debt and unemployment threaten prosperity and criticizes reliance on public bounties and heavy regulation. He urges farm reform and self-reliance.
Carnegie Tech psychology professor Max Schoen defends jitterbugging as an instinctive, primitive urge dating back to prehistoric times. He cites a deep unconscious satisfaction in the dance and notes some people possess more of the urge, though the writer remains skeptical and prefers to keep dancing in defiance of such theories.
Senator Shipstead voiced a common view declaring that protecting democracy begins at home, stating the best way to save democracy is to save it first in the home sphere.
Dr. Ralph H. Smith of UCLA says no authentic deaths from centipede or tarantula bites exist in the state. He notes centipedes and sun spiders cause at most pain or flesh injury, with no poisonous bite. scorpions and whip scorpions have limited venom and are not lethal to humans.
L. C. Eisele Jr of Knoxville failed to find work through normal means. He ran an audacious newspaper ad declaring lazy unreliable irresponsible young man seeks position short hours big pay age 22 married. The bold gambit earned him four job offers.
A Los Angeles man recently flew to New York and back in about eight hours, a speed progress unthinkable ten years ago when the round trip would have taken roughly ninety eight hours.
In Washington, a furor erupts over Attorney General Murphy urging payroll cuts while he backs staff growth elsewhere. Critics compare the statement to harsh politics and note simultaneous hiring and price-fixing debates tied to devaluation powers.
The piece derides subsidies to silver producers and foreign purchases as graft while praising congressional resistance to the President. It argues Republicans oppose the President’s dollar policy and defends historical parliamentary independence amid fiscal disputes.
The Shafter Press and Pacific Rural Press announce free Homecraft Institute programs with chow menu nut bread casseroled dishes meat dishes cake cookies frosting and ice cream. They include a week’s menus and are offered to any caller before disposal in a few days amid a statewide move led by Attorney General Earl War.
The Watsonville Register Pajaronian reports Watsonville will aid Shafter, a Kern County potato community, by showcasing surplus crop at the July 4 barbecue. H. J. Harder, secretary of Shafter's business men's association, explains the sale aims to move the crop.
The bank lists cash and securities at 149,740,540 up from 129,634,226 a year earlier, a rise of 20,106,314. Deposits total 198,125,519 versus 204,842,100 a year ago and 189,860,312 in March 1939, a 8,265,207 gain in the past three months. Capital, surplus and undivided profits stand at 2,218,342 after adjustments.
Fire destroys barn and hay at George Enns place with a calf rescued from a pond after a reservoir blast. A brutal beating on Josh Lorenz by three men at Sam Lachenmaier ranch is investigated by deputies. Shafter hosts a picture night with Lon Chaney, new manager Mr. Lapp, and plans a Spud carnival with games and prizes. Families tour mountains, youths join clubs, and residents enjoy Yosemite trips and home upgrades as town life buzzes.
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